Cord anchor



1,462,125 P.R|SSMANN CORD ANCHOR Filed May 18, 1921 zzvmvroa Pauiyfizsamanri ATTORNEY.

Patented July 17, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT IOFFIC'E. Z.-

PAUL RISSMANN, OF DETROIT, MTCHIGAN, .ASSIG-NOR TO FISHER BODY CORPORATION,

OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CORD ANCHOR. I

Application, filed m 18, 1921. Serial No. 470,67.

To all whom may concern I 1 I Be it known that I, PAUL RIssMA N, a

citizen of the United States, residing at De- ,troit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Cord Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to robe cords. and

pull tos? miliar. robe rail there is more 1 commonly used now in automobile body construction a cord-suitably trimmed in the material with which the body is trimmed. It is the object of the present invention to provide 3.511113 able anchor for the end of the trimmed cords used in automobile bodies. This anchor is a very effective one and yet at the sametime is relatively simple and economical in construction. The anchor, not only prevents the cord from being drawn out of the fixture but it alsoprevents the cord turning in the fixture so as to expose the seam of the upholstering, which should be carried on the inside of the cord where it cannot be seen.

In the drawings,- Fig. 1 is a view of the rear seat of an open body car showing the robe cord in place.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the fixtures for attaching the cord to the seat-back showing a fragment of the cord.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the fixture and a section of the cord.

, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the fixture and an elevation of the cord and anchor.

Fig; 5 is a perspective of the anchor.

a designates an upholstered cord. The specific construction of the cord is no part of the invention, hence is not illustrated in detail. Let it suffice to say that the cord is made up of any suitable mate-rial and on the same is sewed a cover I) usually of the same trimming material that is used on the inside of the body, usually some kind of velour, plush or the like.

0 designatesthe fixture, which comprises an ornamental drawn metal plate of the general contour shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. It has a base portion 03 provided with struckin countersunk portions 6 to receive the screws by which it is fastened to the back of the seat or toa door, if used as a pull. to. It has a center portion which is struck up into the hollow boss having atone end of the boss an opening 7 which just fits the for doors.; Inplace ofthevfaa cord with the upholstering on it. The

. may be threaded through this opening. The anchors may be placed on the ends of the cord after the twofixtures have been threaded onto the cord, or for that matter, one anchor may be placed on the cord-' before it is threaded through either fixture. The second anchor, however, will have "to be placed cord to. expose the end. for the anchor.

The anchor comprises simply a pair of upon the cord-after both fixtures have been threaded upon the cord. This may be easily .done as the fixtures may be run up on the made on a single die. At the center they have a prong z struck out of the material.

The cord may be punchedbya" suitable punch intwo places. This will ordinarily be a machlne operation. Thereupon thepla'tes may be inserted in asuitable presswhic'h drives the prongs through the cord and through the slot in the companion channel plate and bends the ends of the prongs over as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. The channel plates are rectangular in cross section and are also larger than the opening f through the end of the boss, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The consequence isthat after the anchor has been clamped to the end of the cord the cord cannot be drawn through the opening. the boss has a cross section which is fiattened at the sides. The anchor, as appears in Fig. 2, fits fairly snugly within this cross section. Consequently, the anchor being rectangular in cross section, it holds the anchor from turning.

When the anchor is placed'upon the cord it is placed so that the seam m of the cover Furthermore, it will be seen that will remain on the inside of the cord. Hence when the fixtures are secured to the back of the seat by screws the cord is held in place so that it cannot pull out or turn in the fixtures. Obviously when the fixtures are screwed down on the back of the seat this holds the cord end from drawing any further into the. fixture. Consequently this [pair of simple channel plates with-the upstanding prongs securely locks the cord ends in the fixtures. Furthermore, it serves to hold the end of the cordand the cover from fraying out.

It will be obviousthat'the device is both economical and lendsitself to fast producmay be made simply as stampings on'a single die. The plates may be assembled onto the ends of the cord by a suitable machine for that purpose.

What I claim is-:- y 1. In a support for trimmed cords, the

combination of a fixture for securing to 'a' support and comprising a plate having a boss raised at its center and provided with an opening at one end of the boss into the hollowinterior, a trimmed cord passing through said opening; and a two-part clamp secured. and clinched onthe end of the cord and shaped to prevent being drawn through said opening, said clamp contained within the interiorof said boss for anchoring the cord and clamp within the fixture."

2;In a support for a'cord,the co1nbina-' tion rof a fixture comprising a plate pro-- vided-with a'hollo'w interior portion having an opening thereinto,fa cord passing through said opening, and a clamp'shaped 'to' pre-" vent being drawn through said openingand located within the hollow interior of said plate, said clamp comp-rising pair'of channel'members and means-for securing the same-together and to the cord.

3.-'In'a support for a cord, thecombination of a fixture comprising a plate having a hollow interior withan opening thereinto', a cord passing through said opening, and

a clamp secured to the end of the cord and normally engaging in said hollow-interior, said clamp being composed of a pair of channels having prongs struck out 'and" imin the end ofthe boss, a cord'passing through the opening'in the end ofthe boss, anda two-part" clamp each part secured. and

clinched onto the end of the'cordand of" rectilinear crosssection adapted to fit into said boss and be shaped to prevent turning v in the said boss and-also 'to prevent being drawn throughthe-opening inthe' end of 'the said "boss of said fixture;

5..In a support for trimmed cord's,-the'-' combination of an anchoringmember hav-- ing a hollow lnterio'r fixed I to a support and provided with an opening,' a trimmed cord I passing-thro1ighsaid opening, and a two part clampclinched onto'the'fend of the cord to prevent the said cord from'being with drawn from the anchoring member:

In testimony whereof I aiii'x my signature.

PAUL 'RISSMANN. 

